NOT THIS time, Pies.

Hawthorn's finals hopes are still flickering – but Collingwood's are in tatters – at the end of a seesawing MCG clash that ended 18.10 (118) to 14.10 (94) in the Hawks' favour on Sunday.

The result, in front of a crowd of 56,593, will undoubtedly renew discussion about Magpies coach Nathan Buckley's future as his team slumps to 15th on the ladder.

Buckley's counterpart, Alastair Clarkson, on the other hand, rejoiced in back-to-back triumphs for just the second time this year.

"We've got quite a young group at the present time and to go across to Adelaide and knock them off last week (was a major positive)," Clarkson told reporters.

"The challenge for us this year is we've been unable to really follow up with another good performance the following week … that was important for the group to consolidate what was a really good victory last week.

"We scored 18 goals, we had 12 goal-scorers … and we just thought we probably gave Collingwood three or four more goals than we would have liked, but we can't be too fussy."

Both sides still had lucid memories of Collingwood chasing down Hawthorn's 43-point, second-quarter advantage last month, and there were similarities in the return bout.

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The Hawks conceded the opening two goals, but kicked seven of the next eight – racking up uncontested marks across the ground as they love to do – to bound away by 24 points early in the second term. 

Collingwood erased that lead by midway through the third quarter and went to the last break with a two-point edge, when Hawthorn captain Jarryd Roughead missed a straight-forward shot after the siren.

But Roughead redeemed himself and sealed the win with a high snap as time ticked past 26 minutes to help the Hawks score their sixth victory of the season.

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The Pies were two players down for most of the last quarter, with Tyson Goldsack (suspected broken nose) and Darcy Moore (hamstring) ruled out.

NAB AFL Rising Star nominee Ryan Burton (career-high 29 disposals) was outstanding again for Hawthorn, a week after playing a pivotal role in the upset win over Adelaide.

Burton's composure and clean skills – he went at 93 per cent efficiency by foot – continue to impress, as does his ability to match-up on tall and small opponents down back.

Tom Mitchell (35) also shone, after winning 50 notorious possessions in the last meeting between the clubs, and landed two telling late blows.

Mitchell went into the game with only four goals in 13 matches this season, but added two more in the last quarter – the first of them from 50m after stealing a Brayden Maynard kick-out.

The lead changed hands three times in the third term and no more than 11 points separated them in that period. But one difference to round nine was the Hawks' ability to never let Collingwood off the leash for too long.

Jordan De Goey was tremendous in a career-best display, with his 32 possessions leading the way for the Magpies. Other players had to step up, with 250-gamer Scott Pendlebury and intercept king Jeremy Howe unable to impose themselves on the contest.

"I reckon we had colour-blindness in the second half – we kicked more to them than we did to us, unfortunately," Buckley said.

"It made it really hard to hold field position and defend some of the turnovers that we gave and ultimately it was too much for us to counter."

Hawthorn's impressive start owed plenty to unheralded trio Taylor Duryea, Ryan Schoenmakers and Daniel Howe.

Duryea went to Jeremy Howe and his approach was obvious when he rushed to the high-flying defender's side to rub in an early goal. The niggle continued through the opening half, with Duryea – normally stationed in the backline – delivering another dose after Howe spilled a mark that gifted the Hawk a second.

Schoenmakers, like premiership teammate Duryea, spent a vast chunk of the season in the VFL, but racked up nine possessions and two goals by quarter-time.

Daniel Howe, in just his second match as a full-time midfielder, had eight possessions of his own by then and 26 by day's end, spending some time alongside Pendlebury (21).

MEDICAL ROOM
Hawthorn: Ben McEvoy (hamstring) and Taylor Duryea (quad) sought treatment in the first quarter and Ryan Burton had his left ankle taped in the fourth term, but they played the match out.

Collingwood: The Pies' injury troubles began late in the third quarter, when Tyson Goldsack (concussion) went off with blood streaming from his suspected broken nose. Darcy Moore joined him on the bench in the following term, after some boundary line run-throughs failed to convince medical staff his left hamstring was OK.

NEXT UP
Hawthorn has a six-day break coming up before hosting Greater Western Sydney – fresh from a pulsating draw with Geelong – at its second home, Launceston's University of Tasmania Stadium. The Magpies, like the Hawks, are back in action on Saturday afternoon to renew acquaintances with traditional rival Essendon at the MCG.

HAWTHORN        6.2   9.3    12.6   18.10 (118)                  
COLLINGWOOD  3.2   8.3    12.8   14.10 (94)          

GOALS
Hawthorn: Schoenmakers 2, Roughead 2, Breust 2, Duryea 2, O'Brien 2, Mitchell 2, Gunston, McEvoy, Shiels, Sicily, Henderson, Burgoyne
Collingwood: Cox 3, Fasolo 3, Elliott, Moore, Greenwood, Thomas, Sidebottom, Phillips, Broomhead, Treloar

BEST 
Hawthorn: Burton, Mitchell, Howe, Sicily, Hodge, Burgoyne, Hardwick
Collingwood: De Goey, Treloar, Phillips, Grundy, Sidebottom, Cox

INJURIES 
Hawthorn: Nil
Collingwood: Moore (hamstring), Goldsack (concussion, nose)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: O'Gorman, Nicholls, Findlay 

Official crowd: 56,593 at the MCG